r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Jun 05 '17

What do you know about... Liechtenstein?

This is the twentieth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest nation in Europe. It was the last European country to give women the right to vote, passed with 51.3% in a referendum in 1984 where only men were allowed to participate. It has no army. They use the CHF as currency.

So, what do you know about Liechtenstein?

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u/watsupbitchez Jun 05 '17

Another tax haven that starts with an L

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u/lycancanislupus Jun 05 '17

Lithuania and Latvia are the others one, right?

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u/watsupbitchez Jun 05 '17

Luxembourg actually, but there's room for plenty

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17

Lireland ?

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u/Slusny_Cizinec русский военный корабль, иди нахуй Jun 06 '17

L'Gibraltar.

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u/lycancanislupus Jun 05 '17

just kidding man :-), btw the EU politicians really should do something with this

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u/chairswinger Deutschland Jun 06 '17

Coming from a Dutch

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u/lycancanislupus Jun 06 '17

I heard there was a conflict between germany and switzerland when germany bought information about tax avoiders :-)

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u/conceptalbum The Netherlands Jun 06 '17

We're one of the EU's biggest corporate tax havens, us.